Chapter 2

Human Information Processing:

An overview for Human Computer Interaction

Robert W. Proctor and Kim-Phuong L. Vu
Purdue University

 

Outline

Human Information Processing Approach

Information Processing

Signal Detection Methods and Theory

Chronometric Methods

Speed-Accuracy Methods

Psychophysiological Methods

Information Processing Models

Discrete and Continuous Stage Models

Sequential Sampling Models

Information Processing in Choice-Reaction Tasks

Stimulus Identification

Response Selection

Response Execution

Memory in Information Processing

Short-term (Working) Memory

Long-Term Memory

Other Factors Affecting Retrieval of Earlier Events

Attention in Information Processing

Models of Attention

Automaticity of Practice

Problem Solving and Decision Making

Summary and Conclusion

References

 

Figures

Figure 2.1: Speed-accuracy operating characteristic curve. Faster responding occurs at the cost of lower accuracy

Figure 2.2:Information processing stages and variables that affect them, based on Sanders’(1998)taxonomy.S-R =stimulus-response

Figure 2.3:Baddeley's (2000) revised working memory model. LTM = long-term memory. From "The Episodic Buffer: A New Component of Working Memory?" by A.D. Baddeley, 2000, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 4, p. 421. Copyright 2000 by Elsevier Science Ltd. Reprinted with permission.